New biological vistas on schizophrenia / edited by Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer, Stanley R. Kay.

New York : Brunner/Mazel, [1992], ©1992.

xiii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Base on the Fifth Annual Albert Einstein Symposium in Psychiatry, held at the New York Academy of Sciences, Oct. 28, 1988

Syndromes and genetics of schizophrenia. New perspectives on the positive-negative distinction in schizophrenia / Stanley R. Kay -- Recent advances in the genetics of schizophrenia / Lynn E. De Lisi -- Neuropathology of schizophrenia. In vivo studies of brain morphology in schizophrenia / Jeffrey R. Zigun, Daniel R. Weinberger -- The neuropathology of schizophrenia : old and new findings / Manuel F. Casanova, Janice R. Stevens, Joel E. Kleinman -- Heterogeneity in schizophrenia : clinical and biological aspects / Eve C. Johnstone -- Biochemical theories of schizophrenia. The role of dopamine in schizophrenia / Herbert Y. Meltzer -- Neuroanatomical specificity of action of the atypical antipsychotics / Eliot L. Gardner -- Serotonergic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia / Herman M. Van Praag -- -type endorphins and schizophrenia / David De Wied -- The PCP/NMDA theory of schizophrenia / Stephen R. Zukin, Daniel C. Javitt -- New treatment strategies for schizophrenia. Pharmacological strategies for the neuroleptic nonresponder / Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer -- Atypical neuroleptics for the treatment of schizophrenia / John M. Kane -- Plasma levels, clinical effects, and low-dose strategies / Jan Volavka, Thomas B. Cooper.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes